Élephante Santa Monica

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   Ileana

   Miami

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   The over all experience was good but a few things to keep in mind, the food is overpriced. I’ve spent less money on really high end restaurants compared to Elephante. The service was ok, it got a little annoying when the server kept coming to our table to remove our plates every time they thought we were finished. It made me feel a little rushed. Oh and the Pavlova could have been better the sauce they put on top was way too sour. I don’t recommend it. As far as ambience, it was nice and the food was delicious.
   

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   Saeed

   Los Angeles

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined today

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Pesto pasta and the pizza was very average. But we loved the small dishes like the creamy eggplant dish.
   

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   Karen

   Los Angeles

   60 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   60 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Elephante was the ideal setting today for a table outside in the sun facing the Pacific Ocean. Staff were welcoming, professional , and knowledgeable about the menu choices. So many tempting menu items. The Shrimp Appetizer was perfectly grilled with a lively, spicy sauce. DELISH! Enjoyed the pizza with Pork, Proscuito, and Honey. Thin crust with lots of flavors. The Bloody Mary came with attractive garnishes and the Arnold Palmers were expertly mixed. Tiramisu was very fresh and tasty. All in all a PERFECTO lunch. Can't wait to return.
   

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   Tania B.

   New York City

   2 reviews

   3.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 2 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Élephante is all fuzz. I went here to celebrate my 30th birthday and I really hope I hadn’t. First, I had a reservation and still had to wait 35 minutes to be seated despite there being tables available. The front desk staff was particularly dismissive and rude from the get go (for what?). We were told to wait at the bar but then consistently moved and shoveled around because we “couldn’t stand in the middle?” Second, it smelled really bad in there. I don’t know what it was but it was an unmistakable non-food smell. Third, the food was just ok. The whipped eggplant and vodka pasta were very good. But we received an agnolotti butternut squash pasta that was cold. The desserts were good, we got a chocolate tart and a sorbet! The drinks were nothing special. Between the average food, terrible service, and bad smell it was a disappointing night. :(
   

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   Maycol

   Phoenix

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Like always top notch. We with my cousin and her best friend from visiting from Canada and I asked for a table by the balcony and they were able to accommodate us perfectly. We had a great time and enjoyed the fantastic view. You can’t go wrong with Élephante. Outstanding!
   

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   Han

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   The food was amazing! I’ve been a few times but the service a few of the times was ok. We were trying to order food and no one came to take our order so we had to flag one of the servers multiple times
   

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   Pat

   Denver

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Phenomenal. Everything was exceptional. Good. Ambiance. Everything.
   

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   Yoko

   Orange County

   5 reviews

   4.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Food was really good. Service was all right, but we got sat in front of the bathrooms and it smelled a little bit weird.
   

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   Jhoanna

   Los Angeles

   30 reviews

   vip
   3.0

   30 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We had our reservations at 7pm but waited for almost half an hour to be seated…on a Tuesday night. I’ve heard great things about this place so my friends and I decided to dine here for a bday celebration. Almost everything that we ordered was too salty, calamari, truffle pasta, bone-in ribeye steak and the pizza. The eggplant dip was good and the chocolate cake could have been better if it was a little warm. Our servers were very attentive. I would still give it another shot to try again though.
   

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    Marissa

    Omaha

    4 reviews

    2.0

    4 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2

    Overall the service was terrible. I won’t go into details but we tried to leave before our mains came out (well minus mine because they forgot to put in our order and then as my husbands came out they told me mine was 86’d). Our experience was not great and for the manager to not come over to apologize and address it with us was unfortunate.
    

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